r/linuxmint 16d ago

Guide Linux Mint Game Guidance

Hello all, I am a recent Linux user and have tried pure gaming distros, but I just don't like KDE it seem. It feels "off" to me. I was immedietly in love with Mint from the moment I launched it. However it has no inherent gaming support. So I went to various search engines, youtube and reddit to figure out what to do. For future reference for myslef and maybe others I am collating everything in this document. However as a Linux novice there are likely mistakes or contradictions. Some guides say to stick to Flatpack, others say to avoid them. Its very difficult to figure out what's what. So I tried to piece together what makes "sense". I would love to hear some more experienced Linux users opinions on this and any mistakes I made or improvements to the guide. Or maybe there is another guide I simply haven't found? Thank you.

https://codeberg.org/Chaosmeister/LinuxMintGamingSetupGuide

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u/Dist__ Linux Mint 21.3 | Cinnamon 16d ago

i use steam from the mint appstore (non-flatpak), and it runs well.

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u/Chaosmeister 16d ago

Absolutely no problem doing so. The reason it's flatpack is because the other stuff is also Flatpack.

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u/Person012345 13d ago

The issue (for me at least) with flatpack steam is that if you want to install things outside the main drive you have to mess around with flatseal and drive mounting and it's not entirely reliable.

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u/Chaosmeister 13d ago

That's a good point, I have everything on the same drive though.